This update contains mainly bug fixes:

• Paralysis now doesn't get cured automatically
• A couple of computer trainer were being shown with the wrong teams, that is now fixed.
• An annoying bug that caused the map to show the pokemon that previously appeared back to back also fixed
• Pokedex search now works fine
• 'Ducklett' is back in the autocomplete
• A bug that was hiding the 'incorrect username or password' error is now fixed.
• Pokemon shown when offering for trade are now sortable
• Pokemon are also sortable by their Dex number. some pokemon might appear at the end because of the way they are arranged in our database (mostly pokemon that need to share a dex number)
• A bug causing parts of messages and profile messages to turn into **********s is now fixed
• A bug causing users who have linked their account with facebook to not be able to recover their password.
• The game now automatically checks and fixed any problems with the data we have on which gyms you have beaten and which you haven't
• The pokedex now also tells you if the particular poke is available via the Daily Raffle

CSS3 transitions are now used on some pages, so theres a smooth transformation when you hover on cerntain links or buttons. You'll need a modern browser to be able to see this.

And finally a whole lot of fixes in live battle. It is still under 'testing', but bugs will be fixed more often from now on.

A wiki page is now up, to show what the issues are currently with live battle. Along with a HowTo for Live Battles

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All old maps that have been there since the beginning of the game have been retired.

They're been replaced by 28 new maps

9 Grass, 4 Rock Cave, 4 Sea Maps/Waterfall, 2 Lava Maps, 2 Powerplant Maps, 2 Ice Maps, 2 Mansion Maps and 2 Pokemon Tower Maps (You find the other one)

The Map dropdown menu at the top will show an overview of the maps, so you don't have to remember the map names or numbers

The Maps will behave slighly different now. You will be able to enter buildings and caves. You will be able to go down hedges and waterfalls but not go up. The errors while catching a pokemon have been minimized. You won't be seeing them if you're not moving very fast on the maps.

We've done our best to fix all the pokemon locations which were messed up previously.

All 5th Gen Japanese names have been changed to their English counterparts. Checkout our wiki for a list of the old and new names to help with the change in names. Some of the new attacks have also been added. And like always the power of an attack may vary from the official ones. Check the Attack list on our wiki.

Please do report any bugs or typographical errors you may find in the update.

One feature has however been removed. Now on, you will not be able to sort your pokemon by name. You can still however search for any particular pokemon from the search box. The main reason for this being that google has stopped serving ads on our site and we've had to cut down a lot of the costs to keep the game up. Removing this feature will help us take off a lot of burden from our database server. We're now using Ad4Game.com, and hopefully we'll soon be making enough to go back to our old servers.

Pokemon Black and White

Don't forget to buy Pokemon Black and White, the latest in the pokemon series. It has a lot of new pokemon and many new features, including Dream World. Read up about it on Bulbapedia. I myself was really amazed by the graphics they've put into the game. Before you order, note that Zekrom is found in Pokemon White and Reshiram in Pokemon Black.

If you can't find your country there, look for the games on Amazon or Ebay

Open Source:

Its our pleasure to tell you that DelugeRPG was made entirely with Open Source Software and also runs on it! Check our updated About Page for a list of all the free software that keeps DelugeRPG working. Using Open Source Software helps us keep the costs to a minimum and you can enjoy DelugeRPG for free!

If you've ever wanted to donate to this game, please donate to any of the software listed on the About Page instead. That will help those wonderful people maintain and provide the software free of cost, which inturn helps millions of sites like ours.

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With today's update, you should be able to use Gravatars on PokemonDeluge. All you need to do is setup an account on Gravatar.com with the associated email and it will work on PokemonDeluge.

If you have linked your PokemonDeluge profile with your Facebook profile, you will now be able to post to facebook what pokemon you need or what pokemon you're trading on PokemonDeluge. In the coming weeks, you'll be able to share more such things on facebook.

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The Isshu Pokemon have arrived on PokemonDeluge along with a lot of updates.

Changelog:

• Isshu Pokemon and Gyms: The Isshu Pokemon and Gyms have been added. Like any other region, you will have to defeat the Isshu Gym Leaders and Elite Four to catch any of the Isshu Legendary Pokemon. Isshu is the region from Pokemon Black and White

• Facebook Link: You can now link your PokemonDeluge account with your Facebook profile. This lets you log into PokemonDeluge automatically as long as you're logged into your facebook account. And yes, you can link multiple accounts.
• Short URLs: This lets you share links to your account that are shorter and easier to remember. For example, one could link to the Admin's account with http://pkmn.vg/Admin/profile. Check the wiki for more Info
• BBCode in Private and Profile Messages: [b](bold),[i](italic) and [u](underline) can be used within profile messages and private messages now. Also links to pages within PokemonDeluge.com are now clickable.
• Pokemon Locations: The Pokemon locations have change quite a bit and the new locations are reflected in the PokeDex. (locations mentioned are more reliable that they were in previous versions)
• Trainer Battle: After a lot of requests asking for Computer Trainers other than Gym Leaders and Elite Four, more than 100 Trainers have been added. These include trainers with low levelled pokemon and also stronger trainers with level 100 pokemon.
• Better Pokemon Search: Pokemon search within your box and also Trade search are now faster and the bug that disallowed searching of pokemon with spaces in the names has been fixed.
• Status Ailments in Battles Fixed: Pokemon can now (again) be poisoned, paralyzed, etc (Sorry for not fixing it till now)
• Rearrange Attacks: Attacks of any pokemon can now be rearranged. Simply click on 'Change Attacks' and then select 'Rearrange Attacks'
• When you try to evolve a pokemon, you are now shown whether you already have the evolved form of that pokemon or not.
• New Attacks on Evolve: Attacks of the evolved form of a pokemon are now available for free when you evolve your pokemon. You will be allowed to choose which attacks you want to keep and which ones you want to be forgotten.
• Ignore Users Feature: You will now be able to ignore annoying users on PokemonDeluge. Once ignored, that user cannot message you or offer on any of your pokemon

Please report any bugs you find at the Forum's Bugs Thread or email us at bugs[@]pokemondeluge.com

Live Battle will be fixed in the coming weeks, along with any bugs reported.

UPDATE: Due to a bug in the gyms, your wins over Isshu gym leaders were not recorded. Please log out and login once to resync the data.

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We've setup an issue tracker on our Wiki http://www.pokemondeluge.info/Issues

If you come across any bugs that are not on the Issue Tracker, please do post it in our forums or email us at bugs[@]pokemondeluge.com

As for the 5th generation pokemon, we'll be adding them to PokemonDeluge in a few weeks, along with a few tiny updates.

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Looks like some info about the 5th generation pokemon is out on the internet. Do checkout the following links to see all the new pokemon

• Bulbanews
• PLDH
• Serebii

We will be adding the 5th generation pokemon to PokemonDeluge once we have all the info and images needed

See the full gallery on Posterous

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